After reading this you will be able to fix some of the issues that might be affecting your laptop /notebook /netbook battery life. Battery life depends on a number of factors that includes selection of proper power plan, screen brightness, background programs, external devices, processor minimal power state & a few more.

This guide includes a few steps to optimize your portable computer to provide you with better battery life.

The First thing for Windows 7 and earlier version operating system users should do is that they should run the Microsoft Fix It tool: Click the image below:

After Running Microsoft Fix It try the steps below:

Make sure all the USB powered devices that you don’t need are unplugged or set the devices to be turned off to save power, to do this follow :

Go to Device Manager ( Control Panel )

Click on Universal Serial Bus Controllers

Right Click USB Root Hub & go to Properties

Make Sure the first option is checked

Repeat for all USB Root Hubs in Device Manager

Power Saving When Using Conventional Hard Disk Drives

If you are using the conventional Mechanical Hard Disk Drives you should disable “ Turn Off Hard disk “ Option in Power Options